View Flat HTML
View Metadata
Search Post
In Paraasilan, Esmaar, a pair of roommates are about to break a rule that, compared to the one about running in the corridors or even the one about unlicensed teleportation, is there for a good reason.
In unison, they complete their shared spell.
Brilliance in Elcenia
+ Show First Post
<Poorly conceived intentional component of the spell by the enchanting wizard, and we haven't been able to break it, and we can't completely remove the stairs due to fire codes.>
<You can experiment on the stairs as you like as long as you don't make them dangerous just to be in or affect the area beyond them.>
cardistry
<Cool.>
He wanders the stairs. His sense of physical coordinates informs him of the tricks they're pulling - seamlessly changing his elevation, transporting him directly to stairwells in different parts of the building when he takes a connecting door. Some of the doors lead to closets instead, for variety. There is a general absence of windows.
He doesn't know enough about matter manipulation or transport magic to think of any obvious solutions right away, so when he gets bored, he sends a finding spell - one that can pass through solid matter - to locate the nearest roof, and teleports onto it.
"Yep," he says, mostly to himself, but still in Leraal as a local default. "Those sure are some messed-up stairs."
He wanders the stairs. His sense of physical coordinates informs him of the tricks they're pulling - seamlessly changing his elevation, transporting him directly to stairwells in different parts of the building when he takes a connecting door. Some of the doors lead to closets instead, for variety. There is a general absence of windows.
He doesn't know enough about matter manipulation or transport magic to think of any obvious solutions right away, so when he gets bored, he sends a finding spell - one that can pass through solid matter - to locate the nearest roof, and teleports onto it.
"Yep," he says, mostly to himself, but still in Leraal as a local default. "Those sure are some messed-up stairs."
There's nobody else on the roof to hear him and no reply from Keo.
cardistry
He flops down at the edge of the roof and peers over it at whatever might be going on down below.
There is a pond, with a couple of sparkly ducks (one black, one red) swimming in placid circles. Most of the visible terrain is grassland, though there are trees a bit farther off.
cardistry
For lack of anything much better to do, he watches the ducks. They are sparkly.
Swim, swim, go the ducks. They dunk their heads to eat pond weed occasionally. The red one swims into a sort of duck-sized cave on the far end of the pond.
cardistry
Yep, those are sparkly ducks, behaving in a generally ducky fashion as far as he knows. He wonders what swimming is like.
He wonders what eating is like.
Well, there's a pond right there, but - <Hey, Keo, is there food around here?>
He wonders what eating is like.
Well, there's a pond right there, but - <Hey, Keo, is there food around here?>
<...If you can eat roughly the same things as any of the species we have as students, yes, I can get you a cafeteria pass.>
cardistry
<I can eat most things,> he says. <That was my dormant form you saw before; in my human form I have pretty much the usual set of human functions and systems, just - not so biological. More input leeway and cleaner energy conversion. Wait, what other species go to school here? Do you have magic talking ducks in this world or something?>
<We currently have enrolled humans, elves, halflings, leonines, vampires, and much smaller minorities of dragons, dwarves, and skyfolk.>
cardistry
<...Well, I've heard of humans,> he says, giggling to himself. <Whatever. I can pretty much eat anything that's made of matter, as far as I know. I might have trouble if it was strongly corrosive or something. Where do I go to get a cafeteria pass?>
<I've keyed you to the system, you're all set. It doesn't have to be a physical pass.>
<The lifts know the way. At the end of any hall you'll find a lift door; just tell it "cafeteria".>
Korulen appears to be just leaving.
She doesn't recognize him - or the design on his default outfit - just looks sort of confused about his presence.
She doesn't recognize him - or the design on his default outfit - just looks sort of confused about his presence.
She is heading for the lift!
"...Hi."
"...Hi."
cardistry
"...You don't recognize me, do you," he says, amused. "Last time we talked, I was about this big—" and he indicates with his hands the size of the Bicycle pack that his dormant form mimics.
Korulen jumps and sort of contracts towards herself. "Oh," she says in a small voice.
cardistry
Aww. He smiles.
"Hey, it's okay. I mean, I'm okay, now. Your - mom? Is she your mom? - really helped me out. Totally worth the meltdown."
"Hey, it's okay. I mean, I'm okay, now. Your - mom? Is she your mom? - really helped me out. Totally worth the meltdown."
"She's my mom," confirms Korulen.